Accession Inventory of the Jerrold L. Schecter collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff, Sarah Ainsworth

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Jerrold L. Schecter collection

Date (inclusive): 1936-2001

Collection Number: 2002C82

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English and Russian

Physical Description: 61 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder (26 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Jerrold L. Schecter was an author and journalist who covered Russia, Korea, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. His papers include writings and photographs from Schecter's time at Time magazine, photocopies of declassified Soviet and American government documents, printed matter, and notes.

source: Schecter, Jerrold L.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Boxes 55-62 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2002.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Jerrold L. Schecter collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Includes articles, writings, and photographs relating to Jerrold Schecter's career as a Time magazine journalist covering Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War; material relating to research for his books "Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History" and "The Spy Who Saved the World: How a Soviet Colonel Changed the Course of the Cold War"; photocopies of declassified Soviet and U.S. government documents; material relating to Moscow and U.S. foreign relations; and printed matter and notes relating to Soviet espionage in the United States.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Espionage, Russian -- United States

United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States

Schecter, Jerrold L.

box 1

Material not yet described

Incremental Materials

Processing Information

These incremental materials were processed to a baseline standard that employs an accession inventory for description. An accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection with no attempt at intellectual arrangement. The depth of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description received when the materials were acquired.

Paper materials

box 2, folder 1

TIME out New York 1962 January-February

box 2, folder 2

TIME out New York 1962 March-April

box 2, folder 3

TIME out New York 1963 July

box 2, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1963 July

box 2, folder 5

TIME out New York [1 of 2] 1962 July-August

box 3, folder 1

TIME out New York [2 of 2] 1962 July-August

box 3, folder 2

TIME out New York 1961 January-February

box 3, folder 3

TIME out New York 1963 May-June

box 3, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1961 November-December

box 4, folder 1-2

Outgoing cables 1967 December

box 4, folder 3-4

TIME out New York 1960 November-December

box 4, folder 5-6

TIME out New York 1961 March-April

box 5, folder 1-2

TIME out New York 1962 May-June

box 5, folder 3-4

TIME out New York 1963 March-April

box 5, folder 5-6

TIME out New York 1962 September-October

box 6, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1962

box 6, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1964 December

box 6, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1956-1968

box 6, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1960-1964

box 6, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1960-1966

box 6, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1962-1964

box 6, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 7, folder 1

Ceylon 1965

box 7, folder 2-3

Cambodia 1961-1968

box 7, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1961

box 7, folder 5

Thailand 1961-1964

box 7, folder 6

Indonesia 1960-1963

box 8, folder 1

Mohlams 1961

box 8, folder 2

Preah Vihear 1967

box 8, folder 3

Meralco 1961-1962

box 8, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1962

box 8, folder 5

Philippines 1960-1962

box 8, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1963-1967

box 8, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1964-1966

box 8, folder 8

1967 Election 1967

box 8, folder 9

[Untitled file] 1960-1962

box 9, folder 1-2

[Untitled file] 1959-1961

box 9, folder 3-4

Buddhism 1964-1966

box 10, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1963 March-April

box 10, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1950s

box 10, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1951

box 10, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1949

box 10, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1965

box 10, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1951

box 10, folder 7

Association for Asian Studies meeting 1964

box 11, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1963-1965

box 11, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1965

box 11, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1964

box 11, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1963 March-September

box 11, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1963 August-September

box 11, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1966

box 12, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1964-1965

box 12, folder 2

Reporter undated

box 12, folder 3

South East Asia tour 1964-1965

box 12, folder 4

Mongolia 1961-1966

box 12, folder 5

Hong Kong file 1967 March-May

box 12, folder 6-7

[Untitled file] 1963-1967

box 12, folder 8

Pending stories 1967

box 12, folder 9

Current Japan 1965-1966

box 13, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1966-1967

box 13, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1967

box 13, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1966-1967

box 13, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1960 October-December

box 13, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1961 January

box 14, folder 1-2

From AREAS 1962 January-March

box 14, folder 3-4

[Untitled file] 1961 April-June

box 14, folder 5-6

From AREAS 1961 July-September

box 15, folder 1-2

From AREAS 1961 January-March

box 15, folder 3-4

[Untitled file] 1967

box 15, folder 5

Korea 1964

box 15, folder 6

Vietnam 1966 April 23

box 16, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 16, folder 2-3

Japan cover 1966

box 16, folder 4

China 1960s

box 16, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1963-1966

box 16, folder 6

Japan 1965-1966

box 17, folder 1

Cambodia 1959-1965

box 17, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1966

box 17, folder 3

Vietnam Tri Quang cover 1966

box 17, folder 4

Introduction 1960s

box 17, folder 5

The Buddha 1966

box 17, folder 6

Clurman 1963-1968

box 17, folder 7

Mrs. Luce trip 1967 August-September

box 17, folder 8

Negotations 1968 March-April

box 18, folder 1

Peter Vail Wiggins 1968 January

box 18, folder 2

New Realists 1968 March 1

box 18, folder 3

Siberia 1968 March-April

box 18, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1967 April 12

box 18, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1968 December

box 18, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1966

box 18, folder 7

Cambodia - Mr. Schecter's 1967-1968

box 18, folder 8

Cordell [?] First Month 1960-1961

box 18, folder 9

Reporter 1965 September

box 18, folder 10

[Untitled file] 1962 October 19

box 18, folder 11

LIFE International Japan book 1964-1967

box 18, folder 12

Prime Minister Sato's Trip to Southeast Asia 1967 September-October

box 18, folder 13

[Untitled file] [1 of 2] 1963 May-July

box 19, folder 1

[Untitled file] [2 of 2] 1963 April-May

box 19, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1963 April

box 19, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1962-1965

box 19, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1960-1963

box 19, folder 5

Economics notebook 1964

box 19, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1962

box 19, folder 7

The Chinese "Debates" on Political Strategy 1965-1966

box 19, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 19, folder 9

Restraints on and Options in Japanese Diplomacy 1966 March

box 19, folder 10

Buddhism, Communism, and Nationalism 1960s

box 19, folder 11

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 20, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1967

box 20, folder 2-3

Fortune 1967

box 20, folder 4-5

[Untitled file] 1963 January-March

box 20, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 20, folder 7

Personal correspondence from desk 1960-1963

box 21, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 21, folder 2

Interviews 1963 March-June

box 21, folder 3

Satellites [?] 1963 January-February

box 21, folder 4

Personal letters 1963 June 2

box 21, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1963 May-July

box 21, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1963-1964

box 21, folder 9

[Untitled file] 1963

box 21, folder 10

[Untitled file] 1963

box 22, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1964

box 22, folder 2

CAPTION 1966 October-December

box 22, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1961-1963

box 22, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1961-1964

box 22, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1963-1965

box 23, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1963 March

box 23, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1962-1963

box 23, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1962 April

box 23, folder 4-5

South Vietnam 1963-1964

box 23, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1963-1965

box 23, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1963-1964

box 24, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1963

box 24, folder 2

MAILER 1967 January-March

box 24, folder 3

Yellow papers clippings 1960s

box 24, folder 4

We Japanese 1965-1967

box 24, folder 5

Asia 1967

box 24, folder 6

Burma 1961-1967

box 24, folder 7-8

Taiwan 1962-1967

box 24, folder 9

Indonesia 1962-1963

box 24, folder 10

[Untitled file] 1967 May

box 24, folder 11

Burma 1967 August-November

box 25, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1962 November 6

box 25, folder 2

Hong Kong 1960-1962

box 25, folder 3

[Untitled file] undated

box 25, folder 4

[Untitled file] undated

box 25, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1967 September

box 25, folder 6

Singapore 1960

box 25, folder 7

[Untitled file] undated

box 25, folder 8

Thailand 1963-1967

box 25, folder 9-10

Vietnam and Buddhists 1962-1963

box 25, folder 11-12

Current Vietnam 1965-1966

box 25, folder 13

[Untitled file] 1965-1967

box 26, folder 1

Goldberg file 1960s

box 26, folder 2

NLF Propaganda 1964-1967

box 26, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 26, folder 4

Futures 1960s

box 26, folder 5

Buddhism 1966-1967

box 26, folder 6

Clippings to be used in library only 1966-1967

box 26, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1965

box 26, folder 8-9

Red China 1962-1967

box 27, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1964-1966

box 27, folder 2

Time-Life Jackie Kennedy 1960-1966

box 27, folder 3

CAPTION 1967

box 27, folder 4

Siamerican Mining Enterprises 1961-1968

box 27, folder 5

[Untitled file] undated

box 27, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 27, folder 7

New Delhi file 1967 May

box 27, folder 8

Paris materials 1965-1967

box 27, folder 9

Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore, Jim Thompson 1967

box 28, folder 1

SHAN - E. Thaike 1963-1967

box 28, folder 2-3

TIME file, Vietnam 1965-1967

box 28, folder 4-5

SONY 1963-1967

box 29, folder 1

Marriage 1966

box 29, folder 2

Abortions 1967

box 29, folder 3

How to do Business in Asia 1960-1962

box 29, folder 4

Corruption 1963-1966

box 29, folder 5

Medicine 1969

box 29, folder 6

Czechoslovakia 1968 August-October

box 29, folder 7

Press 1968-1969

box 29, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1970

box 29, folder 9

Shooting 1968

box 29, folder 10

Lenin 1969

box 30, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1970 January

box 30, folder 2

Politburo fight 1968-1969

box 30, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1970

box 30, folder 4

MOOD 1969-1970

box 30, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1970 March-June

box 30, folder 6

[Untitled file] circa 1970

box 30, folder 7

Theater 1969-1970

box 30, folder 8

World Commission [?] 1968-1969

box 30, folder 9

Grechko cover [1 of 2] 1969-1970

box 31, folder 1

Grechko cover [2 of 2] 1969-1970

box 31, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1970 March

box 31, folder 3

Yevgeny Yevtushenko 1968-1970

box 31, folder 4

Sport - Winter Olympics 1970 February

box 31, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1969 September 27

box 31, folder 6

Ballet 1969

box 31, folder 7

Children's World 1969

box 31, folder 8

Literature 1968-1970

box 31, folder 9

[Untitled file] 1969 March-May

box 31, folder 10

Murmansk 1960s

box 31, folder 11

Manners and Morals - Drinking 1970 January

box 31, folder 12

[Untitled file] 1960s

box 31, folder 13

Litvinov-Daniel Trail 1968-1970

box 31, folder 14

Leisure 1967-1969

box 31, folder 15

[Untitled file] 1970 April

box 32, folder 1-2

Dissidents 1970

box 32, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1968 February 14

box 32, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1967 September-October

box 32, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1972

box 32, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1971-1972

box 32, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1972

box 33, folder 1

MAILER 1964-1965

box 33, folder 2

Buddhist 1964-1967

box 33, folder 3

MAILER 1966

box 33, folder 4

OUTGOING CABLES 1967 February

box 33, folder 5

OUTGOING CABLES 1967 June

box 33, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1968 January

box 34, folder 1

OUTGOING CABLES 1968 May

box 34, folder 2

OUTGOING CABLES 1967 November

box 34, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1967 December

box 34, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1972-1976

box 34, folder 5

Tibet 1976-1977

box 34, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1976

box 35, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1975-1977

box 35, folder 2

New China Lobby 1975 May-June

box 35, folder 3-4

China 1971-1972

box 35, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1972-1976

box 35, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1976

box 35, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1971-1972

box 36, folder 1-2

China cover 1971-1974

box 36, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1976

box 36, folder 4-5

Peking Trip 1969-1976

box 36, folder 6

China 1972

box 36, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1976

box 37, folder 1

Sino 1974-1975

box 37, folder 2

China--Chou and Sino-U.S. relations 1974

box 37, folder 3

China 1974

box 37, folder 4

China 1975 November

box 37, folder 5

China book 1976

box 37, folder 6

China cover 1974 June-July

box 37, folder 7

China 1974-1975

box 37, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1973-1976

box 38, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1976

box 38, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1976

box 38, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1976

box 39, folder 12

Laos Embassy - empty folder undated

box 40, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1971-1975

box 40, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1972-1975

box 40, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1974-1976

box 40, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1975-1976

box 40, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1974-1977

box 41, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1975-1976

box 41, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1976

box 41, folder 3

Overseas Press Group 1970s

box 41, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1971-1972

box 41, folder 5

Micronesia 1975

box 41, folder 6

Personal 1971-1972

box 41, folder 7

Current 1971-1972

box 41, folder 8

Notes 1971-1975

box 41, folder 9

China Trip 1975-1976

box 41, folder 10

Young Lee 1974

box 41, folder 11

French-American Journalists Meeting 1976 May

box 42, folder 1-2

Wine 1972-1976

box 42, folder 3

China Talk to American University 1976

box 42, folder 4

Tran Van Dinh 1975

box 42, folder 5

V 1975

box 42, folder 6

Masha 1973-1974

box 42, folder 7

Voices 1972-1973

box 42, folder 8

Dr. Pridi Banomyong 1972

box 42, folder 9

K - TV Show 1971-1975

box 42, folder 10-11

Kissinger 1974-1975

box 42, folder 12

[Untitled file] 1972-1973

box 43, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1971-1974

box 43, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1973-1976

box 43, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1990

box 43, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1990

box 43, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1990-1991

box 43, folder 6

Wynne War Record 1991 June 19

box 43, folder 7

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 44, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1964-1991

box 44, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1991

box 44, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1990

box 44, folder 4

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 44, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1981

box 44, folder 6

[Untitled file] [1 of 2] 1961-1963

box 45, folder 1

[Untitled file] [2 of 2] 1961-1963

box 45, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1963-1965

box 45, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1963-1965

box 45, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1961-1962

box 45, folder 5

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 45, folder 6

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 46, folder 1

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 46, folder 2

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 46, folder 3

"Return to the Motherland: A Study on Redefection and Reimigration to Soviet bloc countries" by Etienne Huygens 1987

box 46, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1990

box 46, folder 5

Penkovskiy Reportings circa 1990

box 46, folder 6

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 46, folder 7

The Fall of Penkovskiy circa 1990

box 46, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1990

box 46, folder 9

[Untitled file] [1 of 2] 1989-1991

box 47, folder 1

[Untitled file] [2 of 2] 1989-1991

box 47, folder 2

[Untitled file] circa 1990

box 47, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1988-1989

box 47, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1988

box 47, folder 5

[Untitled file] 1990

box 47, folder 6

[Untitled file] 1999 July 14

box 47, folder 7

[Untitled file] 1999 April 7

box 47, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1999 April

box 48, folder 1

Uncirculated history of Venona 1995

box 48, folder 2

Russian Intelligence Archives 1998-2000

box 48, folder 3

Nixon Letter re: Hiss 2001 February 16

box 48, folder 4-5

Harry Dexter White 1998

box 48, folder 6

Oppenheimer 1995

box 48, folder 7

Interviews with the Schecters 1996-1998

box 48, folder 8

Published sources and TV 1994-2000

box 48, folder 9

[Untitled file] 1997-1998

box 48, folder 10

[Untitled file] 1967-1968

box 49, folder 1

Sino-Soviet--Falconer 1967

box 49, folder 2

Johnson's speech and reactoin 1968 April

box 49, folder 3

Vietnam Week's action (mood of the troops; Khe Sanh Box; etc) 1968 March-April

box 49, folder 4

Vietnam Week's action, negotiations with NLF 1968 January 3-5

box 49, folder 5

Balance of Payments, Hong Kong and Taiwan 1968 January 3

box 49, folder 6

Japan 1967-1968

box 49, folder 7

Record round action, VC offensive 1968 May 7-8

box 49, folder 8

Thailand cover 1965-1966

box 49, folder 9

Vietnam cover 1966-1967

box 50, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1968

box 50, folder 2

[Untitled file] 1968

box 50, folder 3

[Untitled file] 1966

box 50, folder 4

[Untitled file] 1967

box 50, folder 5-6

Vietname file 1965-1968

box 50, folder 7

[Untitled file] circa 1965

box 51, folder 1

[Untitled file] 1965-1967

box 51, folder 2

China 1968 May

box 51, folder 3

Allies and Negotiations, Phillipines, Thai, Korea 1968 May 9-10

box 51, folder 4

Vietnam talks (Paris) 1968 May 10-11

box 51, folder 5

Vietnam Correspondents 1968 May 9

box 51, folder 6

Vietnam 1968 May 2-11

box 51, folder 7

Laos 1967-1968

box 51, folder 8

Re: Vietnam, file from Washington 1968 March

box 51, folder 9

Russian Navy Cover 1968 February 12-14

box 51, folder 10

Re: Pueblo 1968 February 7-15

box 51, folder 11

[Untitled file] 1968 May 2-9

box 51, folder 12

North Korea, DMZ 1968 May 8-9

box 51, folder 13

Hanoi 1972-1973

box 51, folder 14

India 1968-1975

box 51, folder 15

Thailand 1966

box 53, folder 8

[Untitled file] 1976 April 12

box 55

Material not yet described undated

box 56

Material not yet described undated

box 57

Material not yet described undated

box 58

Material not yet described undated

box 59

Material not yet described undated

box 60

Material not yet described undated

Photographs

box 6, folder 1

1960s

Scope and Contents

This folder contains photo prints. It is not titled.

box 21, folder 6-7

1962

Scope and Contents

These folders contains photo prints. There are no titled enclosures.

box 38, folder 3-21

1972-1976

Scope and Contents

This box contains photo prints and slides. The following list contains original enclosure titles present in the box: "Kissinger with Yamelka in Israel, Hak in Israel"; "Kissinger Farewell"; "Schlesinger in China."

box 39, folder 1-20

1973-1976

Scope and Contents

This box contains photo prints, slides, and photocopies. The following list contains original enclosure titles present in the box: "Hugh Sidney 'China'"; "Photographs from Paulette S. Barrett"; "King Feigal in Riyadh with Kissinger in Diwan, King's office"; "China photographs"; "Friday's packet to DC Bureau"; "Drapkin Time pix"; "Photographs by David Burnett."

box 40, folder 1-2

1970s

Scope and Contents

This box contains photo prints. The following is the only original enclosure title present: "Mark Yampolski hunger strike photographs."

box 51, folder 16-17

1970s

Scope and Contents

This box contains photo prints. The following is the only original enclosure title present: "Kissinger in Peking."

box 52, folder 1-16

1969-1976

Scope and Contents

This box contains photo prints. The following is a list of original enclosure titles present: "Cuba story"; "Ollie Atkins"; "Schlesinger in Beijing for Mao's Funeral"; "Kissinger - Plane with Sadat."

box 53, folder 1-7

1975-1976

Scope and Contents

This box contains photo prints and slides. The following is a list of original enclosure titles present: "Mao Death"; "China."

box 54, folder 1

1972

Scope and Contents

This folder contains photo prints and slides. The following is the only original enclosure titles present: "China."

box 61, folder 1-24

1960-1979

Scope and Contents

This box contains negatives separated from the rest of the collection.

box 62, folder 1-11

1970s

Scope and Contents

This box contains negatives separated from the rest of the collection.

Oversize materials

box 54, folder 2

"China Pictorial" magazine 1976

os_folder 1

Map of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam 1954

Audiovisual materials

box MC20

Clifford Evans interviews Jerrold Schecter of Time Magazine 1976 April